Improvement in boiler washing-machines



J. P. LA GRANGE. Boiler-Washing; Machine.

, No. 199,122. Patenfe-d Jan. 29, 1878 Fly. 1.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

I N. PETERS. FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D. C:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P.,LA GRANGE, OF ASHTABULA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOILER WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 199,722, dated January29, 1878; application filed November 8, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. LA GRANGE, of Ashtabula, in the county ofAshtabula and State of Ohio, have invented anew and useful Improvementin Rotary Clothes-Washers, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improved machine, taken through theline y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, takenthrough the line a; m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. i

The object of thisinvention is to furnish an improved machine forwashing clothes which shall be simple in construction, convenient inuse, and effective in operation, washing the clothes quickly,thoroughly, and with very little labor.

The invention will first be described in connection with drawing, andthen pointed out in claim.

A represents the boiler or reservoir, which may be an ordinarywash-boiler, and which is provided with a closely-fitting cover, B. O isa hollow cylinder, somewhat smaller than the interior of the boiler A,and which has gudgeons attached to its ends, that work in bearingsattached to the sides of the said boiler A. Oneof the gudgeons of thecylinder G passes through a hole in the side of the boiler A, and to itis attached the cr'ank D, by which the said cylinder is revolved.

The ends or disks of the cylinder G are strengthened by ribs 0, attachedto their inner sides. One half of the curved wall of the cylinder 0 isstationary, and the other half is movable, being hinged at one edge tothe ends or disks of said cylinder, and secured at the other edge, whenclosed, by a spring-catch, 0 or other suitable fastening.

The adjacent edges of the stationary and movable parts of the curvedwall of the cylinder 0 are arranged with spaces between them, to allowthe water to flow out freely, which spaces are covered upon the innerside by angular flanges 0 formed upon the rear edges of said parts.

The flanges c prevent the clothes from being drawn into the spaces bythe outflowing Water.

In the curved wall of the cylinder 0 are formed numerous rows of holes,0, which are covered upon the inner side by the forward ends ofsemi-tubular spouts 0 the side edges of which fit against and aresecured to the inner surface of said Wall.

The outer surface of the wall of the cylinder 0 is concaved at theforward side of the holes 0 leading into the spouts 0 so that the watermay pass in freely.

To the inner surface of the curved wall of the cylinder 0, a little inthe rear of the open rear ends of the spouts 0 are attachedinwardly-projecting flanges c, which are made with bends or offsets, soas to form buckets or open chambers directly opposite the open.

rear ends of the spouts 0 to receive the water from the said spouts cand cause it to be projected inward against and through the clothes.

By this construction, as the cylinder 0 is revolved, the clothes will becarried up the forward or ascending side of the said cylinder until thewater, entering through the spouts c strikes them, throws them back intothe lower part of the cylinder, and turns them over, so that the waterwill strike them each time in a different place.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A rotary clothes-washer arranged on the inside ofreservoir A B, and having waterspaces between the adjacent edges of itsstationary and movable parts, said spaces being covered on the inside byflanges 0 as shown and described.

JOHN PETER LA GRANGE.

Witnesses:

HORATIO J. NoYEs, L. B. BARTLETT, M. D.

